"You know," interpolated Rob in soft-pedaled tone, "they are going to train school children toward the military--teach the young ideas how to shoot, as it were. It won't be long before they are ordered to Mexico to protect us." "If Them Three ever meets that there Viller man," commented Huldah confidently, "the fur will fly some." "Lucien," said Silvia thoughtfully, "we are under obligations to these children, you see, after all." "Yes," I acknowledged with a sigh, "seeing they are now ours, bought and paid for, I suppose we'll have to treat them as such." "You wouldn't send your own kids away to school," said Pythagoras significantly. "No," I reluctantly allowed, answering the protest of Pythagoras, "and we won't send you. You will all go to the public school tomorrow." The deafening Polydore powwow that followed made me hope that Uncle Issachar had met with his just deserts. "By the author of Mildew Manse." AMARILLY OF CLOTHES-LINE ALLEY By BELLE K. MANIATES Illustrated. 12mo. $1.00 net. A book for the many who are weary of problem novels. How prosperity came to the Jenkins family, how Amarilly got an education, how the Boarder married Lily Rose and built the Annex, and the adventures of the rector's surplice, are told in a wholesome little story, between whose covers await many laughs, and a tear or two as well. Amarilly is blessed with a large family and amiable neighbors, and their doings are amusing, but her fancies and devices are captivating.... The little heroine is all right.--_New York Sun._ The sort of story which pulls at the heartstrings of all readers who like a real and genuine character.... No one can afford to miss the sweet humor and helpful cheeriness which the author serves in generous measure.--_Boston Globe_. "Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley" is a dear companion for vacation days and comes deservedly under the books of real amusement.... Dear Amarilly! she brightens every hour spent with her.--_Buffalo News_. LITTLE, BROWN & CO., Publishers 34 Beacon Street, Boston End of Project Gutenberg's Our Next-Door Neighbors, by Belle Kanaris Maniates